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Originally Posted by brightdoglover
When the question of a name first came up, "Deltown" was suggested, but people thought it sounded like "Hooverville."
Like so many many areas of that suburban sprawl, "Cherry Hill" sounded CLASSY, especially since the first suburbanites were pretty much first-generation Jews and Italians from Philly and they wanted something that felt "classy." "Classy" often means "like England," note "Wexford Leas," "Charleston Riding," and so on.
There are no cherries nor hills, never were. Classic suburban sprawl names. (Disclaimer- I grew up in Woodcrest. I think the suburbs are very good places for people to grow up, especially if you can get on the train and dash into Philly).
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Check out my post #9 as to the apparent "official" history of the name as relayed to me by a coworker and I confirmed it from some news articles about the mall and the townships own website.
There were many names suggested but it came down to two choices. Moriville named for the primary developer in the area or Cherry Hill. The Cherry Hill name referred to multiple projects that had been named Cherry Hill including the Lodge, Inn, Mall and several housing and apartment complexes.
The developer (Mori) had chosen the name Cherry Hill based on the fact that the developments were situated on an old farm that had a hill that had cherry trees growing on it. The actual "cherry hill" is still there. The Cherry Hill Inn used to sit on it and it is the site of the current AMC/Lowe's movie theater.
So, yes brightdoglover, there really was a "cherry hill" and it's still there.
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